Lubricating system for gearing.



J. A. FILsINGER. LUBBIGATING SYSTEM FOR GEARINQ APPLIOATIOIT i'linn'nov. 20,1969.

Patented Oct. 3, 1911.

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LUBRICATING SYSTEM FOR GEARING. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 29, 1909.

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UNITED STATES-PATENT orrro.

JOHN A. FIIISINGER, OF SYRACUSE, NEW'YORK, ASSIGNOB TO THE PNEUMELECTRIC MAGHIN'E'COMPANY, 0F SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

LUBRICATING 'sxsrEM ron GEARING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 3, 1911.

Application filed November 29, 1909. Serial No. 530,511.

- citizen of the United States, and resident of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New- York, have invented certain new and useful-Improvements in Lubricating Systems for Gearing, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the construction of gearing, whereby oil or other suitable lubricant is caused to reach the various bearings of the different parts of'the gearing during the operation of the apparatus and it'consists primarily in providing a train of gears with a series of connected ducts or passages extending successively through the gears and embodying as a part of a conduit or passageway, suitable distributing chambers adjacent to the respective hearings to be lubricated in such relation as to main-' tain a supply of oil thereto.

The invention further consists in arranging the passageway for the oil in the form of a circulatory system, whereby a supply of oil much larger than that needed for lubrication is constantly flowing through the systeim so that all parts receive an ample supp further feature consists in adapting the system to a gearing designed for the purpose of developing a reoiprocatory motion from a rotary motion and utilizing the movement of a reciprocating part to develop pumping pressure to force the circulation of the lubricant.

For purposes of illustration, one embodiment' of my invention is shown in'the ac companyin'g drawings as applied to the driving gearing of a percussion tool of known construction. In said drawings, Figure l is a vertical axial section through an electropneumatic percussion tool having a driving gear for translating rotary motion of an electric motor into reciprocating) motion for a compressing piston, Fig. 2 is a' sectional detail view 'on an enlarged scale, .of the pumping means employed in Fig. 1, Fig. 2* is a View similar to Fig. 2 showing a modified form of pumping means, Fig. 3 is a vertical section on an enlarged scale of the spindle bearing of the main. gear, 4: 1s ahorlzontal s'ection on the line 44. of Fig. 3, Fig. 5 isean axial section of the oil dam or packing surrounding the 'rod of the reciprocating piston, Fig. 6 is an inside end View of the mounting for the packing shown in Fig. 5, part of the wall of the mounting bemg broken away, and, Fig.7 is an end elevation of the crank casing, Fig. 8 isa detailed sectional view of the piston rod packmg, Fig. 9 is a side elevation of the packing ring, andFig. 10 is a perspective View thereof.

A represents an electric motor, B a piston to be reciprocated thereby and C a gearing employed for the purpose of converting the rotary motion of the motor into a reciproeating motion in the piston, and D the gearlng casing? The gearing comprises a supporting spindle 1 mounted in bearing 2 with interposed bushings 3, 4, and externally toothed gear 5 supported by said spindle in position to mesh with the pinion 6 of the electric motor, a crank pin [7 carried by the gear 5, the centering pinion 8 mounted on the crank 7 through the medium of interposed bushing 7 and the eccentric wrist-'9 carried by the pinion 8, receiving the piston rod 10, the pinion 8 meshing with a fixed circular rack 11 so as to maintaiu-the wrist 9 at all times in the line of reciprocation of the piston rod 10. This mechanism so far as described, as well as other features illustrated and not particularly referred to require no further description here.

12 represents a trough which is kept supplied with oil up to at least the level of a pump cylinder 13 carried by the head of the piston rod in position to receive the fixed the base chamber 5290f the bushing 7 that surrounds the crank pin 7. The chambers 17 and 20 extend laterally a suflicient distance tocommunicate with the bearing surfaces of the members to be lubricated. The duct leading into the chamber 17 comprises a single boreinasmuch as bushing 9 is fixed .against relative rotati n by the .key

,9". But thewalls of the hushing'i' which provide the distributing chamber are preferably bored. at a number of places and surrounded by an annular channel so that oil will gain access to the chamber 20 whatever the angular position of the bushing may be.

. through an inclined duct 22 From the chamber 20, the oil rises through the axial duct 21 and passes thence 23 in'the spindle 1. It escapes through the top of the spindle 1 at .24 and flowing over the securing nut into the chamber 25, not.

- through the passage 27 and reaches a vertital down-take 29 by which it is returned to v the gearing casing at a point where it drops upon the circular rack 11 and upon the bushing surrounding the crank pin 7 so as rection by the spring 14 0f the kind described cation of the piston 10 throu to thoroughly lubricate those parts While returning to the trough.

i From the foregoing description, it will be seen that there is a constant head or pres sure of oil in the ci rcul'ating system, which forces oil from the distributing chambers 17 and 20 and the ducts 2 8, 28f into the bearings 'to be lubricated. A further factor favoring the flow of oil to the bearings of" the crank pin 7, is the centrifugal force of the oil tributing chamber. cessive flow of oil at this point, felt packings 7 are provided between theupper end of the bushing 7 and the base of the crank pin.

According to modification shown in Fig. 1

2 the piston 14: remains within the cylinder 13*, which is fed through the port 13 the pistonbeing moved in one direction by the impingement of its fixed stop 1-4: or equivalentmaterial) and in the other diagainst the plug 13. When, the iston is-forced-inward, the oil'trapped in th sage 16 as efore explalned.

Difliculty has-been experienced in confining the oil in the trough 12 in an apparatus owing to the reciprowhicli'carries the oil into t e compressing chamber. To avoid this, another feature of my invention consists in providing the wiping packing'or oil'dam 30, eferably conlvided radially so astoprovide a double miterjoint 31, which leaves no'opening for the passage of oil; the split ring t ns produced being held with constant press re upon the piston rod a to the up-take contained within the pin and it s-dis" In order to prevent-ex rod 14 against the- (preferably faced with leather e cylinderv after the pistonpasses the ort 13 escapes through the pash'the end wall,

fcating with the municating with 10 by 'a surrounding spring 32. A packing constructed as thus described wipes the oil from the piston rod during its forward stroke and not only prevents .the waste of the oil but avoids its presence in. the compression chamber.

Having thus described my invention, what and desire to secure having commupump cylinder carried by said reciprocating member and having communication with the.

oil passageway therein and a carried by the oil reservoir, the cylinder carried by the pump piston reciprocating in the path ofmember and cooperating therewith to? force 4 oil through the passageways. I

2. In a lubricating system of the character described, the combination of a vertical spindle, a crank pin carried by said spindle,

an eccentric wrist mounted on said crank.

pin, a circular rack cooperating with the eccentric wrlst to cause it" to travel In a straight path, an. oil duct extending through the eccentric wrist to the crank pin and through the crank pin to the vertical spindle wrist, and a pump, one member of which is carried by the reciprocating -member and caused to cooperate with the'other pump .a member reciprocated by the'eccentric' member by .the' movement of the reciproeating member. Y e

3. In a lubricating system of the charac-. ter described, the combination of a vertical spindle, a. gear carried by said spindle, a crank pin carried by said ear, and an cecentric wrist mounted on said crank pin and an oil duct extending through the eccentric wrist to the crank pin, and through the crank pin audits gear to the vertical spindle, and means for supplying of said duct, comprising a pump operated by the reciprocating movement of the eccentric wrist.

' 4. In a lubricating system, the combination of the vertical spindle having a central 'bore open at top, the gear carried byv said spindle constructed. with a crank pin, said crank pin and gear having a duct communibore of the spindle, the bushing surrounding the crank pin constructed with a distributing chamber comthe duct in the crank" pin and also with the bearing between the'cran'k pin and the bushing, a gear mounted on the crank pin' through the. medium of said bushmg, carrying an eccentric wrist, a bushing surrounding theeccentric wrist constructe oil at the bottom pipe receiving oil overflowing through said 9 with a distributing chamber communicating discharge opening and having ducts through with the bore in said wrist and also with its which it supplies oil to one of the bearings, bearingin the bushing, and a pump cylinder and a return passage communicating with 15 disposed laterally to the eccentric wrist and the top of the standpipe. communicating with the distributing cham- The foregoing specification signed at her in the bushing of said wrist. Syracuse, New York, this 20th day of No 5. In alubricating system, the combinavember, 1909. i tion of the gears, the ducts formed therein prov iding'a passage for oil therefrom, said passagetermmating in a discharge opening at the top of the uppermost gear, a stand- JOHN A. FILSINGER.

In presence of two witnesses:

J OHN L. WAGNER, MARY E. DOOLEY.

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